Of the Brazier and the Corrector: A Working Note
"The ink is held fast by the frost; I will go on tomorrow."
Atramentum gelu fixum est; cras pergam.
Abstract
This dispatch reports on a marginal annotation discovered at f. l r of the Lenten Triodion, with neumes. The hand is unmistakably Br. Anastasios's; the ink, examined by Br. Symeon, with characteristic firmness, is iron-gall sepia. We have transcribed the note in full, and offer below such remarks as the desk has felt warranted.
Context
The genre — if we may dignify it as such — has been treated elsewhere only in passing. Our own contribution is modest: a growing card-index, kept by Br. Photios when he can find it.
Paleographic Note
The minim spacing is wider than the scribe's usual practice, suggesting either a tired hand at the close of the office or, more probably, an exemplar held at an awkward angle. The tau crossbar preserves the customary form.
Notes
- The cat declines to be cited.
- The corrector's red ink is, as always, available.
- We have, on advice, not pursued the matter of the dropped line further.
The hand of the desk has done what it could. Where it has failed, charge that failure to Br. Photios, who suggested otherwise and was overruled.
Finito libro, sit laus et gloria Christo.
Other Hands
Annotations by other scribes, in the order in which they were entered into the margins.